Daffy's Stitchy Friends

Monday, December 6, 2010

A Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long

I received so many comments & emails about the Totally Useless Stitch-a-long that I decided to "revive" it for next year. I will change the link in my sidebar to link to this post since it now links to a blog which no longer exists.

If you would like to join the SAL for 2011, leave a comment on this post. The rules are simple...

1. Get a glass container and save your thread clippings or ORTs (Old Ratty Threads!) Some stitchers include fabric trimmings, thread bands or any other stitching cast-offs they gather.

2. On (or about) each New Moon take a picture of the ORTs in your jar and post it to your blog. Yes, you MUST have a blog to be included. Reasonably "late" posts will be accepted...posting several updates at once is cheating!

3. Yes, you can use your current ORT jar. This is no contest...the stitcher with the most ORTs doesn't automatically win!

4. You must post a picture each New Moon, even if there has been no "progress" to show.

5. Label your Totally Useless posts with "TUSAL" to make it easier for me to find your posts at the end. If you don't know how to "label" your posts email me.

Why numbers 4 & 5? Because...those that have commented here AND made their 13 New Moon 2011 updates will be included in a giveaway! That's right...every stitcher commenting here will be added to the drawing. If your name is drawn, I will check your blog for your New Moon updates, if they have been made ~ then you win...if not, another name will be drawn!

Wait! This is a giveaway, you ask?What is the prize? To be totally honest, I have no clue!!! I will start collecting stash...adding it to a box. Would it be fun to have participants & fellow bloggers add stash? I think so! If you'd like to add an item to the giveaway you can email me at daffy-cat AT hotmail DOT com & I will give you my mailing address. Please, don't send me an 8 pound bag of crushed walnut shells...or I'll not afford to mail the package to the winner! I'm thinking handmade items, charts (respect copyrights, no photocopies!) fat quarters, fabric and finishing materials. Sound good?

Please DON'T comment on this post if you are not joining the stitch-a-long! Since some of you have multiple blogs, please tell me the name of the blog you will be posting your updates to. I will add your name & blog link to a list in this post. If you have commented and you have not been added to the list within a few days...I may have overlooked you...email me! Questions? Feel free to email me! International bloggers are welcome!

2011 New Moon Dates:
January 4
February 3
March 4
April 3
May 3
June 1
July 1
July 30
August 29
September 27
October 26
November 25
December 24

Awesome i'm so glad your going to take over this and make it into a really cool giveaway. I will have to think of some stuff to add to the winners stash. I will of course be joining. I've been doing it all year and I had planned on continuing next year! So definitely add me to the list!

Hi! I just found your blog via someone else's blog =)and I am so glad I did. Finally a SAL I can join and know I can commit too....seriously lol! This really sounds like so much fun. Please count me in! My blog is Just A Virginia Girl (www.xstchrnva.blogspot.com)

Yes please count me in. This sounds like a bit of fun... I just have to remember to put all the cut off bits into a jar, and then keep that jar away from two very curious kittens!!Thank you for hostingI'm sure that I will be able to also add to the giveaway. Will email you with details later.

Can I join in please? www.katescraftyblog.blogspot.com I have to say...I've been following your blog for a while and have spent way too much time trying to figure out what TUSAL stood for! LOL I'm so happy to finally know hahaha!Jodie

Count me in! I have a terrible memory but I will try to post every New Moon. :)I will post on both my blogs:needleandsomethread.blogspot.com andneulajalankaa.blogspot.com since they are the one and the same, just in English and in Finnish.

What a great idea - I really believe this is a SAL that I can keep up with.The blog I will post to is http://stitchdays.blogspot.com/.Can we change our ort jar during the year? I may find something more attractive than the empty plastic peanut butter jar I am using.

Oh, this makes my heart happy!! I'm so glad you picked up the TUSAL banner and are running with it. When Yoyo's blog went away I quit posting TUSALs for 2010, though I ended up with a full quart jar! Looking forward to posting TUSALs again.

My blog is http://flossylady.blogspot.com/ and I'm Fidget - or Carol - I answer to both.

Hello dear, count on me please, happy to find you over my dear Loretta from Canada, my blog is www.villa-loredana.blogspot.com, I'm from Croatia, old lady Europe; last year I was also in Tusal organized by Pat from Il pollaio; and she is still going also this year, in my jar will be all kinds of floss as I'm knitter, sewer, cross sticher and so. I'm sure that all we will have a nice time during the year. Have a nice time, and I'm going to read the other your rules to fullfill all. With regards. Loredana.

I would love to join. I did one last year & it was fun. I have emptied my jar so getting a fresh start. I also save my skien wrappers in a separate jar. Now I just have to remember to post on time.Cindy in MAhttp://flossjunkie.blogspot.com

Oh my - How did I miss this post?? Nearly missed out on joining. I did take it up on my blog, but am nowhere near as organised - I'll ammend my TUSAL page on my blog to link to yours instead.I posted a pic of my 2010 TUSAL container on 31 Dec - starting to fill it again on 1 Jan - ready to show tomorrow.Count me in!!!

This is such a fun idea! Add me to the TUSAL too, please; http://onestitchcloser.blogspot.comI also think that the DMC band jar as a "shopping list" is such a clever idea.Thanks & Happy Stitching,/Jenny

I am totally 'out of the loop', and had no idea what TUSAL was (I apologize) and found it exciting to figure it out here this morning. I love the idea of anything useless, and participating in useless endeavors has been a flagstone of my life. Count me in!

My blog is yet another Stitch in Time, but with a rather * after the title. :)

I would love to join too. I have my picture taken on the fourth, and I started my blog this a.m. I am still trying to figure out how to post photos. (I'm slow with technology sometimes.) The blog site will be kaysrandomworld.blogspot.com

This sounds like fun, but this is the 5th, and I won't be by my camera until Friday, the 7th. Would this unqualify me from the very beginning? (I spend half my week staying at my daughter's house, and half my week at my home. While I would be able to take a photo each new moon, I would not be able to post it until the following weekend.)Whatever, I think I will try to do this, no matter if I am in the drawing or not. Sounds like too much fun to miss!